A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sinclair, James

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 935
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 457
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.046
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, an, o, a, his, wis, wi, in, fur, dey,

List of texts in corpus

Murmansk
Scottish Poetry Library (01-01-2019) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (275 words)

Makkin Hame
Shetland For Wirds (2018) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (506 words)

Yarnin
Shetland For Wirds (2001) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (154 words)

Author word Keyness frequencies

This should list the words that the author uses in a disproportionate manner more often than other writers in the corpus. This may include (a) proper nouns (character names in the author's stories), (b) other words related to the specific subject matter and (c) words specific to the regional dialect.
WordCount Normalised
per million		 Keyness
da95 101,604.28533.349
willie7 7,486.6356.429
dey10 10,695.1952.221
yun4 4,278.0739.409
sail4 4,278.0733.857
charlotte3 3,208.5633.791
dat7 7,486.6332.624
tide4 4,278.0731.818
shu3 3,208.5630.657
wadder3 3,208.5630.657
dir5 5,347.5929.073
wirkin4 4,278.0726.324
johnnie3 3,208.5626.285
stroods2 2,139.0424.250
filt2 2,139.0424.250
sea5 5,347.5923.339
anne3 3,208.5623.080
baa3 3,208.5622.647
convoys2 2,139.0422.525
naa2 2,139.0422.525
darkenin2 2,139.0422.525
ta6 6,417.1121.466
waves3 3,208.5621.015
hit6 6,417.1120.705
hailed2 2,139.0420.436
beach3 3,208.5620.273
du4 4,278.0719.361
sailed2 2,139.0419.080
creel2 2,139.0417.652
skipper2 2,139.0417.652
cowld2 2,139.0417.271
sam3 3,208.5617.041
trowe2 2,139.0415.096
ida2 2,139.0414.338
boats2 2,139.0414.008
taes2 2,139.0413.853
muckle6 6,417.1113.689
wind3 3,208.5613.654
fur10 10,695.1913.298
aff7 7,486.6312.900
gale2 2,139.0412.680
ower9 9,625.6712.558
his15 16,042.7811.865
whin3 3,208.5611.360
set4 4,278.0710.653
sees2 2,139.0410.257
roond3 3,208.5610.250
herd2 2,139.0410.025
boys2 2,139.049.702
an40 42,780.759.541
dere2 2,139.049.453
geordie2 2,139.049.043
licht3 3,208.569.016
dan2 2,139.048.410
waitin2 2,139.048.097
tae9 9,625.677.765
feelin2 2,139.047.349
boy2 2,139.047.089
point2 2,139.047.039
cam4 4,278.077.038
warm2 2,139.046.966
dem2 2,139.046.942
peerie2 2,139.046.847
lik3 3,208.566.536
voice2 2,139.046.095
wan3 3,208.565.592
white2 2,139.045.561
lang4 4,278.075.456
fell2 2,139.045.316
turn2 2,139.045.102
lobsters2 2,139.04nan
wid4 4,278.075.012
feet2 2,139.044.838
mind3 3,208.564.239
how2 2,139.043.581
saw2 2,139.043.540
let2 2,139.043.500
hed2 2,139.043.301
wey3 3,208.563.169
wi12 12,834.223.020
s3 3,208.563.004
heid3 3,208.562.965
up7 7,486.632.568
dis2 2,139.042.431
oot7 7,486.631.950
day4 4,278.071.944
richt3 3,208.561.919
twa3 3,208.561.775
een2 2,139.041.709
mak2 2,139.041.527
could2 2,139.041.375
come2 2,139.041.301
jamsie2 2,139.04nan
a22 23,529.411.171
aw4 4,278.071.108
in11 11,764.710.972
on8 8,556.150.795
o23 24,598.930.708
fae4 4,278.070.653
wis12 12,834.220.618
afore2 2,139.040.614
itill2 2,139.04nan
be3 3,208.560.715
we5 5,347.590.415
said2 2,139.040.354
her6 6,417.110.282
him2 2,139.040.099
no2 2,139.040.092
as5 5,347.590.087
wheelhouse2 2,139.04nan
micht2 2,139.041.650
nae3 3,208.560.043
aa2 2,139.040.040
you2 2,139.040.038
i6 6,417.110.034
back2 2,139.040.003
he8 8,556.150.002
doon2 2,139.040.000